by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
The longest solar eclipse for next 1000 years
On January 15th, 2010 people in the world will have chance to witness the longest solar eclipse of this century, and this eclipse will be visible from a track that goes across central Africa, the Indian Ocean and eastern Asia.
According to astronomers, people at the southern tip of India including Kanyakumari, Rameswaram, Dhanushkodi, Sivaganga, Nagercoil, Tirunelveli, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Mayiladuthurai, Chidambaram, Karaikudi and Pudukottai can see the sun as a "Ring of Fire". The reason is that this eclipse is shaped in the form of the antumbra or "negative" shadow of the moon which appears when the moon is on the far side of its orbit and its umbral shadow is not long enough to reach earth.
The sun is as "ring of fire"
This solar eclipse will start from 8:25 and end at 10:36 in the morning according to Baghdad time, on Friday morning, January 15, 2010. To be specific, its path will be about 328 km wide and pass over the Maldives at 12.55 hours IST. Moreover, the duration will be almost 11 minutes on the centre-line. Then, the track next reaches India, and the centre line just misses the mainland. It continues to move very close to Dhanushkodi. Thus, Skygazers along north-eastern Sri Lanka will have the best view, as the centre line clips the land in Kankaesanthurai. The path will be 323-km wide here and the eclipse will last over 10 minutes.
The solar eclipse's annular path on January 15, 2010
Regions can see this solar eclipse
An animation photo of this eclipse
Indian people see solar eclipse in Hindu
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